The Role of Networking Behavior and Emotional Intelligence in Subjective Career Success of Managers

Abstract

The present quantitative correlational research aims to investigate the relationships between and among networking behavior, emotional intelligence, and subjective career success of managers at Islamabad across various organizations and departments. A pretested Google Survey Form is used to collect data from (N = 213) managers from Islamabad. The participants conveniently participated and willingly shared their responses. Correlation, t-test, multiple regression, mediation, and moderation analyses are conducted to analyze the data. This study finds that networking behavior, emotional intelligence, and subjective career success have a positive and statistically significant relationship. However, this study finds insignificant differences in mean scores between two groups of male and female managers in terms of their networking behavior, emotional intelligence, and subjective career success. However, this study finds that networking behavior partially mediates emotional intelligence and subjective career success, and emotional intelligence strengthens the relationship between networking behavior and subjective Career Success. This study contributes to existing literature and its findings are beneficial for managers and organizations in achieving subjective career success through learning and developing emotional intelligence and networking behavior of managers. This study has also limitations as the sample size is restricted to Islamabad and male managers are more dominant as compared to female managers.